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PYTHON FOR LOOP STATEMENTS

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_for_loop.htm Copyright tutorialspoint.com

It has the ability to iterate over the items of any sequence, such as a list or a string.

Syntax

for iterating_var in sequence:


statements(s)

If a sequence contains an expression list, it is evaluated first. Then, the first item in the sequence is
assigned to the iterating variable iterating_var. Next, the statements block is executed. Each item
in the list is assigned to iterating_var, and the statements block is executed until the entire
sequence is exhausted.

Flow Diagram

Example

#!/usr/bin/python

for letter in 'Python': # First Example


print 'Current Letter :', letter

fruits = ['banana', 'apple', 'mango']


for fruit in fruits: # Second Example
print 'Current fruit :', fruit

print "Good bye!"

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result

Current Letter : P
Current Letter : y
Current Letter : t
Current Letter : h
Current Letter : o
Current Letter : n
Current fruit : banana
Current fruit : apple
Current fruit : mango
Good bye!

Iterating by Sequence Index


An alternative way of iterating through each item is by index offset into the sequence itself.
Following is a simple example

#!/usr/bin/python

fruits = ['banana', 'apple', 'mango']


for index in range(len(fruits)):
print 'Current fruit :', fruits[index]

print "Good bye!"

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result

Current fruit : banana


Current fruit : apple
Current fruit : mango
Good bye!

Here, we took the assistance of the len built-in function, which provides the total number of
elements in the tuple as well as the range built-in function to give us the actual sequence to iterate
over.

Using else Statement with Loops


Python supports to have an else statement associated with a loop statement

If the else statement is used with a for loop, the else statement is executed when the loop
has exhausted iterating the list.

If the else statement is used with a while loop, the else statement is executed when the
condition becomes false.

The following example illustrates the combination of an else statement with a for statement that
searches for prime numbers from 10 through 20.

#!/usr/bin/python

for num in range(10,20): #to iterate between 10 to 20


for i in range(2,num): #to iterate on the factors of the number
if num%i == 0: #to determine the first factor
j=num/i #to calculate the second factor
print '%d equals %d * %d' % (num,i,j)
break #to move to the next number, the #first FOR
else: # else part of the loop
print num, 'is a prime number'

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result

10 equals 2 * 5
11 is a prime number
12 equals 2 * 6
13 is a prime number
14 equals 2 * 7
15 equals 3 * 5
16 equals 2 * 8
17 is a prime number
18 equals 2 * 9
19 is a prime number
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